Overview
Acclaimed Portuguese Canadian playwright Elaine vila's new play, Fado: The Saddest Music in the World, is a tale of love and ghosts set in the back alleys and brothels of old Lisbon. Part concert, part theatre, the story of a young woman confronting her country's fascist past and her own identity is interwoven with the heartbreaking national music of Portugal known as fado, which means ""fate."" won the Award for Favourite Musical in Victoria with B.C.'s own beloved Sara Marreiros playing the ghost of Amlia Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado.
Full Product Details
Author: Elaine vila
Publisher: Talon Books,Canada
Imprint: Talon Books,Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 21.50cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 13.90cm
Weight: 0.159kg
ISBN: 9781772012897
ISBN 10: 1772012890
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 24 June 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
[Fado] is a voyage in itself, to the fictitious alleys of a timeless society. -Cameron Murton, International Theatre Reviews ~||~
[Fado] is a voyage in itself, to the fictitious alleys of a timeless society. -Cameron Murton, International Theatre Reviews ~||~ -- Cameron Murton * International Theatre Reviews *
“[Fado] is a voyage in itself, to the fictitious alleys of a timeless society.”—Cameron Murton, International Theatre Reviews ~||~
Author Information
Elaine vila's plays are produced in Central America, Europe, the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Her Best New Play Awards include: Jane Austen, Action Figure (Festival de los Cocos, Panam City), Lieutenant Nun (Victoria Critics Circle), and Caf a Brasileira (Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon). Elaine has served as the playwright-in-residence at Pomona College in Los Angeles, Quest University Canada, and Western Washington University; as the Endowed Chair and Head of the M.F.A. Program in Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico; and founder of the LEAP Playwriting Program at the Arts Club Theater in Vancouver. She has taught in universities from Portugal to Tasmania, China to Panam, and is the co-founder of the International Climate Change Theatre Action, involving fifty playwrights, two hundred venues, and twelve thousand audience members worldwide. The 2019 Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Azores, Elaine lives in New Westminster, British Columbia, with her musician-teacher husband and her sixteen-year-old, a core leader of Sustainabiliteens.
